A peace activist attempted to put a Saudi general under citizen's arrest in London on Thursday for his part in the war in Yemen.

Major General Ahmad al-Asiri is an adviser in the Saudi defense ministry, and a spokesman for the now two-year-long war against the Houthi movement in Yemen, which has claimed at least 10,000 lives and devastated the country. He is in London to speak at the European Council on Foreign Relations, a think tank.
The UN has warned of a catastrophe in Yemen, where around some 18 million people need food assistance and face starvation.
Sam Walton, who attempted the citizen’s arrest – which is an arrest carried out by a regular citizen and not a law-enforcement official – said that Asiri shouldn’t be welcomed in the UK.
Asiri represents a regime that has killed thousands in Yemen and shown a total contempt for international law.
“Asiri shouldn’t be welcomed and treated like a dignitary, he should be arrested and investigated for war crimes.”
He also denied claims by Human Rights Watch that a boat carrying 145 Somali immigrants had been attacked by a coalition helicopter off the coast of Hodeida, killing at least 32 abroad last week.

After the talk, the Saudi general was led out of a side door under the protection of officers.